Scan barcode
A review by ohnoflora
Among Muslims: Meetings at the Frontiers of Pakistan by Kathleen Jamie
4.0
I really love Kathleen Jamie's travel writing. That poet's eye for detail, that precise yet lyrical way of describing landscape, that interest in people and instinct to find common ground between seemingly disparate cultures.
I'm not wholly convinced by some of the parallels she draws between Scotland and Pakistan - I don't think you can call Scotland's relationship with England anything like Pakistan's relationship with India (or the Northern Areas' relationship with the rest of the country) and, frankly, I find the political narrative of poor wee Scotland being oppressed by the English aggressors very tiresome - but I appreciate what she's trying to do. Links, similarities, shared humanity, humour, a questioning spirit.
I'm not wholly convinced by some of the parallels she draws between Scotland and Pakistan - I don't think you can call Scotland's relationship with England anything like Pakistan's relationship with India (or the Northern Areas' relationship with the rest of the country) and, frankly, I find the political narrative of poor wee Scotland being oppressed by the English aggressors very tiresome - but I appreciate what she's trying to do. Links, similarities, shared humanity, humour, a questioning spirit.